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2022-04-30 Europe

First ship loaded with Ukrainian grain leaves Romania

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Posted by trailing wife 2022-04-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 But I was assured that international sanctions on Russia would cause global famine.

Posted by Matt 2022-04-30 10:00|| 2022-04-30 10:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Going to guess all the bombs dropped in Iraq and Afghanistan could not have wiped out all the farm fields in Kansas.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-04-30 10:24|| 2022-04-30 10:24|| Front Page Top

#3 When we say "global famine", we don't mean global global famine. It's more like global localized shortages as the supply chains reconfigure, which is kinda sorta like a mini-famine. Also, we are using 'global' in the hair-on-fire sense of the word.

Posted by SteveS 2022-04-30 10:42|| 2022-04-30 10:42|| Front Page Top

#4 There appears to be a drought in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-04-30 16:49|| 2022-04-30 16:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh global famine is coming. This is the winter wheat that was harvested and shipped before the war and was sitting around as Odessa was blockaded.

There will be little planting in the east of Ukraine this season and by fall/winter, the wheat shortage in North Africa and the Middle East will be severe.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-04-30 20:44|| 2022-04-30 20:44|| Front Page Top

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